to be hot on a person's heels
to be jealous; to be envious
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
level ground; plain; flatland
to increase; to add to; to augment
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
moment by moment; hour by hour
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to say (something) over one's shoulder
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
human kindness; human weakness
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
boisterously; roughly; briskly
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
several minutes; a few minutes
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
lock-opening; lock-picking
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
no way to do; nothing can be done
to abandon; to leave behind
to jump at; to be attracted by
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model